The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-03-12

Tue pOlnt'-lt TONotnOrS s word can { be
relied on, What's the use of being a Coy
"nor2 by a Tumber Of men who can see as
deep in n mills,1ne rs their ncighbors, the
Brooklyn dinner was supposed to be ar
ranged as a presidential boom for Governor
Hill, and as Governor Hill had pardoned
the rascally boycotters who robbed Thesis
of $1,000, the reference in Mayor Hewitt's
letter to persons in high office coquetting
with the lawless classes was supposed to
be a drive at Governor Hill; at any rate.
the President, Mr.. Lee, pocketed the letter
and it did not come to light at the dinner.
II is said that the reason il was not read,
that Governor Hill declared if it was to be
read that he would not attend the dinner.
Now, Governor Hill asserts that he never
saw the letter, that he never heard of the
letter; that, in fact, he had not the slight
est idea that such letter had been written
till he saw the account in the public prints.
II may be that the Governor is right, and
| hope for the honor of the State that he is,
but there are three gentlemen in BROOKLYN
who profess to be willing to swear that the
letter was shown to him and was suppressed
at his expressed desire. As said before, /
hope the Governor is right, but it is pretty
evident that both cannot have told the
truth. Some one has told big - Well,
no matter what-but it looks very much
like It.
Our virtuous neighbor, Brooklyn, is going
to have legislative kcelhauling, and if re-
ports be true she needs It. Reports of NAL
feasance and misfeasanee and general GUS
sedness have been rife for some years, but
the last Grand Jury voiced the complaints
of the entire city. A few years ago several
companies started in to bless the city with
the new electric light. Aldermen were
bought, public offices were fixed, expensive
plants were established, and Just as the
lucky interpretations appeared about to reap
golden harvest band of pirates swooped
down upon them, hampercd them in every
direction, and finally gathered in all their
plunder and drove them from the field.
When the ring got possession of the prop
crty, electric lighting became an established
fact in Brooklyn and the pirate crew have
been reYelling in clover ever since They
exceeded the appropriation for lighting the
city $4,000, but that did not trouble them
bit, as they borrowed the deficiency from
another fund and kept the electric finances
sound. The Chief Engineer, the fist
Deputy Sheriff and number of high Off
cials, as well as the District Attorney, are
under cloud. What the upshot may be
time alone can determine, but when ronues
fall out honest folks come by their own.
We are now deeply exercised on the
question of high license, and as it is pretty
evident that the prohibitionists are only
aiding the rum-sellers, the vital question
with Us is how to get rid of the low heIls
and dives which meet us at every corner.
Mr.. Ececher, Doctor Crosby and many able
men see some help for us in the high IL
cense law. We can get that if we try hard
enough; we can't get prohibition in New
York.
St. Patrick's Day is close at hand and it
looks as If there might be wigs OH the
green before it is over. The St. Patricks
Alliance will have one celebration and the
Ancient Order of Hibernians will have
two. Now, if the routes of these three
armies should happen to cross, you might
hear of something that would sound very
much like the explosion of the volcano at
Mauna Loa, or the recent earthquake in
the south of France. Let us hope for the
sake of Parnell that they will all give up
their parades and devote the money to
helping their starving relations at home.
The price of sash or cooked hat would
bring a poor lrisman or Irishwoman to
America. "Lct us have peace"
BROADBRIM